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The political organization and law-ways of the Comanche IndiansBook 1940 • Hoebel, E. Adamson (Edward Adamson)
Comanche • North America > Plains and Plateau
This is a descriptive study of law of the Comanche Indians of the southern Plains. Since the Comanche had no concept of law as an institution, or even as a set of rules, Hoebel used the case-history method to delineate the legal norms, unformalized b...Man in the primitive worldbook chapter 1949 • Hoebel, E. Adamson (Edward Adamson)
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
Only one page has been excerpted from this book by Hoebel containing brief but interesting reference to some unpublished field notes by the anthropologist W.W. Dyk, on the tendency of Navajo who practice incest to injure themselves by fire. The mater...Zia Puebloessay 1979 • Hoebel, E. Adamson (Edward Adamson)
Zia Pueblo • North America > Southwest and Basin
Hoebel wrote the Zia entry for the Smithsonian Institute's 'Handbook of North American Indians.' It is a good introduction to Zia history and culture, including subsistence and settlement patterns, ceremonial and political organization, religion, and...Keresan Pueblo lawessay 1969 • Hoebel, E. Adamson (Edward Adamson)
Zia Pueblo • North America > Southwest and Basin
Hoebel writes about Keresan law. Zia are one of several Keresan pueblos in western New Mexico, including Cochiti, Santo Domingo, and San Felipe on the Rio Grande; Acoma and Laghuna, west of Albuquerque; and Santa Ana and Sia (Zia) on the Jemez River ...The Comanche Sun Dance and Messianic Outbreak of 1873article 1941 • Hoebel, E. Adamson(Edward Adamson),1906-1993
Comanche • North America > Plains and Plateau
This brief article calls to the attention of anthropologists data on the Comanche Messianic Outbreak of 1873 contained in a book by R. N. Richardson. The outbreak was abortive and Hoebel feels this conditioned the Comanche against following the examp...Plains Indian law in developmentessay 1969 • Hoebel, E. Adamson (Edward Adamson),1906-1993
Comanche • North America > Plains and Plateau
This document is a brief description of Comanche legal customs regarding adultery and wife-stealing, murder, and sorcery. The document appears to be memory ethnography and is based on the collection of case histories (p. 71)....The Comanches: lords of the south PlainsBook 1952 • Wallace, Ernest & Hoebel, E. Adamson (Edward Adamson)
Comanche • North America > Plains and Plateau
This document is a thorough study of Comanche culture by Wallace, an ethnohistorian, and Hoebel, an anthropologist. Much of the data has been taken from the literature, but a considerable amount was gathered from informants alive at the time the stud...